The Pro Bowl has been a joke for a long time now, with players skipping and/or half-assing it for a myriad of reasons, including injury concerns, "injury concerns," and "I can afford my own damn trip to Hawaii, thank you very much.

I know that in view of the impending lockout that we should be savoring anything even slightly redolent of the NFL, seeing as how after next Sunday it very well might be two years until our beloved league of leagues returns.